Cinnamon buns are very popular, at least in our family, they all love them fresh with a glass of milk. I'm not a big fan other than to bake them and make my family happy;) A very important ingredience is of course the cinnamon:

- cinnamon is the luxuary spice of Christmas, originally from Sri Lanka but is now spread all the tropical world. It's the barque of the cinnamon tree which is used as a spice. Cinnamon have been used since ages, the Greeks used it already 400 B.C. and is meantioned in the Old Testament. Here in Sweden we eat appr. 49 grams per person each year, which is relatively much compared to other countries at least here in Europe. Most of all it's our love for cinnamon buns and of course, the Christmas porridge and the "glögg", hot wine punch. But in India and Middle East they use much more cinnamon, they use it in spice mixes as garam masala och curry. The name Cinnamon comes from the Latin word Canelle, which means small tube.

Did you know that:
- A half teaspoon a day on the yoghurt or soured milk lower the bloodsugar level?
- In the 15th century cinnamon was a spice that only kings could affored?
- Cinnamon is the most common faked spice after saffron?
- To sell cinnamon barque to others than Dutch civil servants gave death penalty in Dutch India in the 17th century?